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Puget Bench for Lightroom Classic

This page lets you directly compare how different CPUs or GPUs perform in real-world workloads using public Puget Bench data. Results are organized into โ€œResult Groups,โ€ which ensure that only comparable runs are evaluated together. These groups are created when there is a meaningful change to the benchmark itself (such as adding or modifying tests) or to the host application that could impact performance.

To help ensure accurate comparisons, parts are only shown when there are at least 10 results in the database. Because Puget Bench relies on publicly submitted data, individual results can vary due to factors such as overclocking, thermal limits, or differences in system configuration. Requiring a minimum sample size helps smooth out these outliers and provides a more accurate representation of how each component performs in typical use.

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Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max (18 Cores)
Overall Score (Standard) 10881.22 12018.43
Overall Score (Extended) 12078.67 12932.35
Canon Score (Standard) | Canon 116.42 127.95
Panasonic Score (Standard) | Panasonic 101.98 111.52
Canon Score (Extended) | Canon 113.67 131.51
Panasonic Score (Extended) | Panasonic 102 114.96
Sony Score (Extended) | Sony 135 136.92
Nikon Score (Extended) | Nikon 99.6 100.37
AI Score (Extended) | AI 165 187.53
Import 250 Photos – Canon | Canon 2.75 seconds 2.6 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Canon | Canon 18.67 seconds 18.29 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Canon | Canon 64.59 seconds 60.04 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Canon | Canon 28.76 seconds 24.57 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Panasonic | Panasonic 2.84 seconds 2.77 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Panasonic | Panasonic 20.19 seconds 21.61 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Panasonic | Panasonic 46.08 seconds 41.92 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Panasonic | Panasonic 56.62 seconds 54.34 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Sony | Sony 3.18 seconds 2.64 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Sony | Sony 17.35 seconds 17.26 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Sony | Sony 39.71 seconds 45.88 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Sony | Sony 23.42 seconds 25.61 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Nikon | Nikon 3.23 seconds 2.72 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Nikon | Nikon 29.57 seconds 30.29 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Nikon | Nikon 48.35 seconds 64.37 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Nikon | Nikon 36.51 seconds 37.38 seconds
Select Sky (4 image average) | AI 0.6 seconds 0.59 seconds
Select Subject (4 image average) | AI 0.51 seconds 0.49 seconds
Reflection Removal (4 image average) | AI 5.03 seconds 4.13 seconds
Denoise (4 image average) | AI 20.55 seconds 11.38 seconds
Enhanced Details (4 image average) | AI 2.05 seconds 2.02 seconds
Super Resolution (4 image average) | AI 6.5 seconds 6.51 seconds

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Recent Uploads with Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores)

Date CPU GPU RAM OS Overall Score (Standard) Overall Score (Extended)
2026-11-11 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 10494.00
2026-11-10 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 27 10489.00
2026-11-06 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 27 9748.00
2026-10-26 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 12275.00
2026-10-19 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 27 10466.00
2026-10-08 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 27 11480.00
2026-09-04 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11361.00
2026-06-30 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 12697.00 13369.00
2026-06-18 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11743.00
2026-06-03 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 11306.00 12434.00
2026-03-18 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 10554.00
2026-03-18 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 10591.00
2026-03-17 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 9847.00 11219.00
2026-03-17 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 10391.00 11822.00
2026-03-17 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 10607.00 11980.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 11153.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 9673.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Pro (18 Cores) Apple M5 Pro(20 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 10987.00

Recent Uploads with Apple M5 Max (18 Cores)

Date CPU GPU RAM OS Overall Score (Standard) Overall Score (Extended)
2026-11-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 10211.00
2026-11-10 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13130.00 14372.00
2026-11-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 10259.00
2026-11-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 11642.00 12504.00
2026-10-19 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 11057.00
2026-10-07 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 17047.00
2026-10-03 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 27 17601.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 13402.00 13527.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 10755.00 12350.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 10975.00 12419.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 10117.00 11059.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 13969.00 12921.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15498.00 14148.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 18004.00 18683.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 13918.00 16428.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 19089.00 19138.00
2026-09-27 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 27 12582.00
2026-09-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 16790.00
2026-09-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 16483.00
2026-08-05 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11397.00 13508.00
2026-07-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 10859.00
2026-06-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12011.00 13093.00
2026-06-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12651.00 13128.00
2026-06-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12902.00 12979.00
2026-06-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11378.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 12562.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 7627.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 10070.00
2026-05-19 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 16079.00
2026-05-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13979.00
2026-05-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12915.00
2026-05-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15833.00
2026-05-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 12005.00 13526.00
2026-05-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 13986.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11536.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8036.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 16152.00 15456.00
2026-04-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 10012.00
2026-04-07 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 12888.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15671.00 15280.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10494.00 11956.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10565.00 11912.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10523.00 12533.00
2026-03-23 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11196.00
2026-03-21 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 11743.00
2026-03-18 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 10590.00
2026-03-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11313.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11696.00 12864.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11550.00 12711.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 14044.00 14213.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8354.00 10015.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9235.00 9235.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8547.00 10119.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8390.00 9917.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8253.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8036.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 11244.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 8409.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9590.00 10336.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12120.00 12197.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11036.00 9563.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11919.00 11699.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9028.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11843.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9050.00
2026-03-12 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12076.00 12849.00
2026-03-12 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12239.00

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